Men's 710 of 2007 Each second Tuesday of the month, Zion Lutheran Church hosts a Men's Fellowship, which includes a complimentary breakfast and a special guest speaker beginning at 7:10 a.m. in the Fellowship Building to last about an hour. Visitors are always welcome to leave early if work schedule requires. Men's 710 Fellowship, open to all men. - Click to Enlarge. Men's 710 - December 11, 2007 Silverhill Police Chief Kim Wasdin was the special guest at Zion's Men's 710 this month. When this photo was taken, she was busy in her office before stationing herself at Highway 104 to assure that children would make it safely across that busy highway after school. "Jen" accompanied her from Baldwin's "Child Abduction Response Team." Jen, a black and tan bloodhound, and her handler, Heath Moseley, gave a brief demonstration in the church's parking lot after the breakfast. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - November 13, 2007 Camp Dixie Director, Marty Miller, updated men in Baldwin County on new plans for ministry and report on past successes. Marty noted that, "At Camp Dixie we have decided that the Day Camp Program was powerful and useful. We are going to be offering it this coming summer to any congregation that is interested instead of to just congregations that had been affected by Hurricane Katrina. It has been a 'real journey' as Camp Dixie explored new avenues to ministry, what has become 'The Traveling VBS Program.' I’m excited about the opportunities that it presents, because we actually served more campers in the Day Camp program last year than we did in our Main Camp Program at our Perdido Bay site." Marty has served on the staffs of Camp Omega (MN), Camp Pioneer (NY), Camp Lakeview (IN), and now Baldwin County’s Lutheran Camp Dixie. Hailing from the North Star State’s Brooklyn Park and graduating from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Marty found and married Kim from Mayer, MN, and of course they are both now down on Perdido Bay at beautiful Camp Dixie. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - October 9, 2007 Pastor Alan House, new pastor of Silverhill First Baptist Church, was Zion's special guest this month. "The Lord brought me to Silverhill," Brother Alan would say. How does a former "oil man" born in Marks, Mississippi, and brought up in Jackson, Mississippi, end up in Silverhill, Alabama, you ask? We really do have an interesting God! There the guy is, an active church member about eleven years ago, when God meets Brother Alan House on his way home from a church meeting. The bottom line? Alan ends up going through seminary in New Orleans, spends six years in a pastorate in Mississippi, and now has accepted the call to pastor Silverhill First Baptist Church. "God can always use 'someone,'" Brother Alan says, "but sometimes God sets you down and explains to you, 'You are that someone!'" Men's 710 - September 11, 2007 Floyd Collins was the special guest of the September Breakfast Fellowship as he discussed changes in barbering and country music with Zion Lutheran Church’s Men's group. Floyd Collins, Silverhill Barber and Former Disk Jockey is standing next to his barber shop just west of Silverhill on State Highway 104. He shared about changes in barbering over the past 50 years and discussed changes in the music industry as it relates to country western music. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - August 14, 2007 Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack had breakfast with Zion's Men's 710. He discussed reallocation of resources to meet emerging local law enforcement needs. Recent weeks have seen a number of changes on the local level of law enforcement, first in Foley, then Summerdale, and most recently in Silverhill. Sheriff Mack has advised the public that the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office will "pick up the slack" to assure that members of affected communities will continue to have quality police services. Sheriff Hoss discussed emerging public safety issues with the men's group. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - July 10, 2007 Cecil Bradford explored a variety of retail issues in the changing food marketing landscape of Central Baldwin and the Eastern Shore during the July meeting. Cecil Bradford is Store Director for the Fairhope Food World Store just across the street from the Fairhope Bruno's, the upscale corporate brother to Food World, operated by Lone Star. He has been with Food World for eight years and is married to Donna, the Front End Manager of Bruno's in Gulf Shores. The couple has resided in Silverhill for the last year and a half, choosing a home town reflecting their shared small town values. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - June 12, 2007 Dwayne Miller shared the history of the woodcarving craft and discussed some of his projects at our next meeting. Foley Woodcarver Dwayne Miller spent forty hours crafting this horse from basswood (left hand) and thirty hours carving the duck from the darker wood of the catalpa (right hand). Dwayne picked up woodcarving skills when he retired 20 years ago. He has done a bit of history sifting and believes that woodcarving actually was encouraged and perpetuated by the medieval church. The woodcarvings in the churches of Rothenberg, Germany, for example, today remain among the best examples of the woodcarving craft. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - May 8, 2007 Jerry and Violet Buonauro shared their experiences in the detailing business at our May meeting. Customers have been bringing 300 to 400 cars a year to the Buonauro's custom vehicle detailing business at their home on U.S. 90. The numbers of cars grew from the beginning and Violet came out one day and started vacuuming a car. From then on, this detailing business has been the work of the Buonauro Duo. Although they started out with newspaper ads and signs, they first had to eliminate the ads because too many customers were coming in. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - April 10, 2007 Max Osborn, seated in a classic rocker in United Banks' offices in the historic Peoples Supply Store, explored the economic future of Central Baldwin County at our April meeting. Max Osborn is a financial specialist with an interesting resume. Technically, he is President of United Insurance Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Bank. He is itinerant in the sense that he has multiple offices in the United Bank system, and one of those offices is right in Silverhill's own historic Peoples Supply Store. When United Bank moved into Silverhill, it made every attempt to preserve the character of the historic building which predates the formal incorporation of Silverhill. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - March 13, 2007 Our March speaker was "Gus" Utter, seen here feeding some of his goats, a herd he has been breeding since 1985. Locally known for raising goats, he speaks from experience. He has "shared" a local billy lately in breeding the size of his goats to a bigger animal. Current size is about 150 pounds for a female and maybe 200 pounds for a male goat. So, there was "weight" in what he had to say. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - February 13, 2007 Agent D. Corey Maske (l) and Agent Jamie L. Maloy discussed the ABC, county safety and security issues, at the February Fellowship. Maske and Maloy serve as Agents with the ABC Board which controls distribution, licensing, enforcement, and education related to alcoholic beverages in Baldwin County. The Board oversees enforcement of state and federal laws regarding youth access to tobacco and is responsible for the enforcement and education of the public with respect to laws and their consequences. The Alabama ABC Board website, notes that it “strives to maintain an aggressive and well-managed distribution and merchandising program to respond to the needs of our customers.” Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - January 9, 2007 Bryant Boykin, General Manager of Jason's Health and Fitness of Foley, AL, discussed basic fitness issues as they relate to men's health, at the January Fellowship. "Men need to enhance their quality of life by doing something," according to Bryant Boykin when Zion invited him to our "Men's 710" Breakfast and Speaker Fellowship. The fitness issue is that people wear their bodies out when they do nothing. We all understand that it is important that there be activity for there to be wellness. Boykin is an advocate for fitness and fitness training to lessen some of the stresses on the body that occur with aging. He is General Manager with Jason's Health and Fitness of Foley and Mobile. Fitness service information is available by phone at 971-1999 or by internet at www.jasonsfitness.com. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. All men of Baldwin County are cordially invited to a complimentary light breakfast and a speaker of interest to men each month. The men gather in the newly constructed church fellowship hall of Zion Lutheran Church, located one block south of Highway 104 at the corners of 7th Street and 4th Avenue in beautiful Silverhill. Information concerning Men's 710 can be obtained by calling 945-5209. Click here to see past gatherings of Men's 710 from 2006. 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